| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Name day | 22 November |
| Origin | |
| Region of origin | Latvia |
Aldis is both a given name and surname. As a given name, it is predominantly a masculine Latvian name.
Notable people with the name include:
Given name
Surname
The surname Thom is of Scottish origin, from the city of Aberdeen, Aberdeenshire and Angus, and is a sept of the Clan MacThomas.
Elmer is a name of Germanic British origin. The given name originated as a surname, a medieval variant of the given name Aylmer, derived from Old English æþel (noble) and mær (famous). It was adopted as a given name in the United States, "in honor of the popularity of the brothers Ebenezer and Jonathan Elmer, leading supporters of the American Revolution." The name has declined in popularity since the first decades of the 20th century and fell out of the top 1,000 names used for American boys in 2009. However, it continues in use for newborn boys in the United States, where 154 boys born there in 2021 received the name. The name is common in the United States and Canada.
Sharman is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Aiken is a Scots-Irish surname, used as a variant to the original Scottish name Aitken. Notable people with it include:
Melville is a surname and a given name.
Schaefer is an alternative spelling and cognate for the German word schäfer, meaning 'shepherd', which itself descends from the Old High German scāphare. Variants "Shaefer", "Schäfer", the additional alternative spelling "Schäffer", and the anglicised forms "Schaeffer", "Schaffer", "Shaffer", "Shafer", and "Schafer" are all common surnames.
Gardiner is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
Duval is a surname, literally translating from French to English as "of the valley". It derives from the Norman "Devall", which has both English and French ties. Variant spellings include: Davolls, Deavall, DeVile, Devill, Deville, Divall, Divell and de Eyvill. Its meaning is derived from the French town of Deville, Ardennes. "Devall" was first recorded in England in the Domesday Book.
Cannon is a surname of Gaelic origin: in Ireland, specifically Tir Chonaill (Donegal). It is also a Manx surname.
Phelps is an English surname. The name is originated as a patronymic form of the name Philip. The name Philip is derived from the Greek name Philippos, which is composed of two elements: the first, philein, "to love"; the second, hippos, "horse". The Dictionary of American Family Names states that the surname Phelps is generally found in the south-western part of England.
Pierce is an English, Welsh, and Irish surname. The name is a cognate of French Pierre ('Peter'). Notable people with that surname include:
Craig is a surname, derived from the Scottish Gaelic creag. The word craig refers to a small, rocky hill in Scottish English.
The surname Finn has several origins. In some cases it is derived from the Irish Ó Finn, meaning "descendant of Fionn"; the byname means "white" or "fair-haired". In other cases it is derived from the Old Norse Finnr, a personal name sometimes derived from a byname, or else from compound names beginning with this word element. In other cases Finn is a German surname derived from an ethnic name referring to people from Finland. Notable people sharing the surname are listed below.
Kelly is a surname in the English language. The name has numerous origins, most notably from the Ui Maine. In some cases it is derived from toponyms located in Ireland and Great Britain, in other cases it is derived from patronyms in the Irish language.
Wells is an English surname of Norman origin, but is possibly a Welsh surname, from an old English word for Wales. It normally derives from occupation, location, and topography. The occupational name derives from the person responsible for a village's spring. The locational name derives from the pre-7th century "wælla" ("spring"). The topographical name derives from living near a spring. The oldest public record is found in 1177 in the county of Norfolk. Variations of Wells include Well, Welman, Welles, Wellman and Wellsman. At the time of the British Census of 1881, its relative frequency was highest in Berkshire, followed by Leicestershire, Oxfordshire, Kinross-shire, Huntingdonshire, Kent, Sussex, Lincolnshire, Dumfriesshire and Bedfordshire.
Bērziņš is the most common Latvian surname, derived from the Latvian word for "birch tree". Individuals with the surname include:
Dudley is an English toponymic surname associated with the town of Dudley in West Midlands, England. Notable people with the surname include:
Pollock is a surname. In some cases, it originates as a locative name derived from Upper Pollock, Renfrewshire, Scotland. An early bearer of a form of this surname is Peter de Pollok, in about 1172–1178. In other cases, the surname is derived from the Middle English personal name *Pollok. An early bearer of a form of this surname is Roger Pollok, in 1332.
Jānis is a Latvian masculine given name. The first written use of the name Jānis dates back to 1290. It may refer to:
Stirling is a Scottish name that originated in Stirlingshire, Scotland. Since prior to the Norman conquest the family held its seat in Stirling, Scotland.